• ProIsh@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Registering republican is actually on my list. Any negatives there? I’ll be voting d until the democrats storm the capital.

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      8 days ago

      Any negatives there

      depending on where you are, your party affiliation (or lack of) could determine what primaries you can participate in.

      the junk mail, phone calls, and other solicitations and communications. yeah, you get it either way, but what you get and who’s targeting you will be totally different.

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        Yeah in Florida you can only vote for your party’s primary, I thought that was everywhere until I moved to Tennessee. Here you can pick the primary ballot when you arrive and vote only within that party ballot, thought it was weird

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            Well the primaries are essentially company votes for sponsorship, in which they don’t matter but for that company. So I get the argument that people outside of the party shouldn’t be able to vote in it, but I also wish parties weren’t a thing. The votes for actual positions are on everyones ballots. So you can vote against your party or for anyone, you just can’t influence what the party is sponsoring for that position beforehand because you aren’t registered within that “company.”

            It’s all a mess, especially that it’s different everywhere